Films like Into the Abyss

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   Aileen: Life and Death of a Serial Killer

   Film · 2003 · also crime and documentary

   British documentarian Nick Broomfield creates a follow-up piece to his 1992 documentary of the serial killer Aileen Wuornos, a highway prostitute who was convicted of kil...

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   The Menendez Brothers

   Film · 2024 · also documentary

   Serving life in prison for murdering their parents, Lyle and Erik Menendez speak out in this documentary explaining the shocking crime and ensuing trials.

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   The Alabama Solution

   Film · 2025 · also documentary

   Incarcerated men defy the odds to expose a cover-up in one of America’s deadliest prison systems.

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   Murder to Mercy: The Cyntoia Brown Story

   Film · 2020 · also documentary

   After 16-year-old Cyntoia Brown is sentenced to life in prison, questions about her past, physiology and the law itself call her guilt into question.

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   Maternal Instinct

   Film · 2026 · also crime and documentary

   Police pull over a woman who claims she just gave birth. But the baby — and the blood — aren't hers. Twisted lies unravel in this true-crime documentary.

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   13th

   Film · 2016 · also documentary

   An in-depth look at the prison system in the United States and how it reveals the nation's history of racial inequality.

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   West of Memphis

   Film · 2012 · also documentary

   The documentary tells the hitherto unknown story behind an extraordinary and desperate fight to bring the truth to light. Told and made by those who lived it, the filmmak...

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   Boys State

   Film · 2020 · also documentary

   This raucous journey into the heart of democracy captures an unusual rite of passage: 1,100 teenage boys from across Texas coming together to build a representative gover...

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   The Crash

   Film · 2026 · also crime and documentary

   A teen slams her car into a building, killing her boyfriend and his friend. What seems like a tragic accident becomes a murder case.

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    Aileen: Queen of the Serial Killers

    Film · 2025 · also crime and documentary

    Aileen Wuornos remains a rarity: a female serial killer. From childhood abuse to death-row revelations, this documentary revisits her life and crimes.

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